By Olesya Astakhova and Alex Lawler LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – Seven OPEC+ countries have an agreement in principle to raise oil output targets by about 188,000 barrels per day in June, pressing on with plans despite the departure of the UAE, two sources familiar with OPEC+ thinking said ahead of a policy meeting on …
TAIPEI, May 2 (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te reached Eswatini on Saturday, two weeks after he was forced to postpone a trip to a diplomatic ally because Indian Ocean states had blocked his flight, which Taiwan’s government blamed on Beijing’s pressure. Eswatini in southern Africa is one of just 12 small states, mostly in …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton, a Democrat running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, faces some steep challenges in the coming general election. She is trying to be the first Democrat in 20 years to win the office in a state that has become dominated by Republicans. Her presumed opponent, Republican …
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government could ban pro-Palestinian marches in some circumstances because of the “cumulative effect” the demonstrations had on the Jewish community after two Jewish men were stabbed in London on Wednesday. Starmer told the BBC that he would always defend freedom of expression and …
The shower will peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Viewers from the Southern Hemisphere typically see 50 meteors per hour during the peak, but the interfering moon could cut that number by half. In the north, skywatchers will likely see fewer than 10 per hour. “For us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s not going to …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had no qualms about a government takeover of Spirit Airlines, so long as the terms could be portrayed as a financial victory in what would have been the latest addition to a taxpayer-backed conglomerate of business interests. But the budget carrier ceased operations on Saturday after reaching an impasse …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter profit more than doubled as the value of its investments grew and most of its businesses improved. The conglomerate that Warren Buffett built released its earnings report Saturday as thousands of shareholders streamed into an arena in Omaha, Nebraska, for the annual meeting. Berkshire said it earned $10.1 …
“48 Hours” correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Erin Moriarty discuss the cases of Theresa Fusco, Kelly Morrissey, and Jackie Martarella, who went missing more than 40 years ago in Long Island, New York.
May 2 (Reuters) – Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who boarded the vessel, seized control and steered it towards the Gulf of Aden in the direction of Somali waters. The coast guard added that the …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. Seven people were also wounded in the attack, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said. …